This is a subject that I am very passionate about. I had my first i/g pool built three years ago - it's a 19 x 37 oval and the PB built the skimmer and jets on the same wall, with the jets on either side of the skimmer. When I protested, I was told that the jets will blow across the pool, hit the wall and then will circle back to the skimmer; therefore bringing the debris right to the skimmer where it will be collected. This has turned out to be a crock - all of the debris is blown to the other side of the pool where it all collects, far away from the skimmer. The only advantage is that I can skim my pool basically in one area. MAYBE this might work in a narrower pool - but mine, at 19' across is too wide to have the current bounce off the wall and head back to where it came. I have bought one of those old-fashioned portable skimmers used on above ground pools and use it when conditions are windy to try to control the debris that blows in my pool. I have to put a vacuum hose in the skimmer and bring the hose to the other side of the pool and attach it to the portable skimmer, which does a great job of skimming. But when we use the pool, we have to take it all out because it's in the way, and what a PITA it is, not to mention it is unsightly. So, I said all that to say I would not recommend this configuration. Good Luck and all the best, Jan

I think if you try to match as good as you can with same pattern and color, given that you have a nice straight line that correlates with the pavilion, it will be fine. I also think you could separate it with a uniform band of different material -- like concrete colored brick/pavers -- and it would also be fine. Of course, get samples and mock it up first, in order to get the exact details and color right. I also think it's possible to transform to a completely different paving, but it should not visually compete with the original paving. It should be compatible ... like "white" space. You might explore ground/polished/acid-stained concrete as one option. It could look like a large, single slab of "stone" in the same color family as your existing paving. I would not do anything with much texture to it.

If you could share image of Tahoe Blue plaster, that might help. Also what area are you in, how much sun life do you get and what type of look are you going for?

We wrote contract up April 20th Permit was completed yesterday and they said 8 to 10 weeks from June 15! So we are looking at 3 months from today. Our renovation is adding a salt system, colorlogic led light, a sun shelf, and marble pavers. Our new build we did in 2005 didn’t take that long.